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Where in the world we are now!
We're still pretty far east. We're about 80 miles from Lake Erie. A very rural area, with the exception of cute little dot-sized towns sprinkled around. (Canaan Acres Christian Camp)
We’re in Ohio, where it’s so green it nearly hurts your eyes! Not all of the trees are leafed out yet (which definitely raises issues with my sinuses!) but those that are have so many different shades of color. And there are so many trees blooming that even the locals don’t seem to know the names of all of them!
But first, let’s talk about the trip up here~~we came from an area about 100’ elevation to mountains…the Appalachian Mountains to be exact. You’ve heard of the Blue Ridge Mountains? They are. Just as the Smoky Mountains look smoky, when we were driving through the Blue Ridge Mountains, you just know by the sight that that’s what they’re named! Absolutely gorgeous. And we were at a higher elevation than we’ve been since October! And yet we handled it…no altitude sickness or anything! The trip from Washington DC to Louisville, Ohio (home for May) was about six hours, so not bad. And it puts us closer to home…not enough, but closer!
Ok, back to the camp. Canaan Acres Christian Camp is not located in a town, but there are towns (out here they’re villages!) all
Does this say "Put me on a postcard"?
It's the village of Cumberland, West Virginia, and that's all I know about it. We were coming down the highway, and this is the view from the overpass. around us, in every direction, so we’re definitely not remote. (Our address is Louisville, which in Ohio, is pronounced
Lewisville.) This is a summer camp, so right now there are not many people around. The camp director and his wife, and a part time handyman, until the summer help is hired…quite a change from our last project! They have close to thirty small cabins, so there’s lots of work (think painting!) to be done. Most church camps could use a full time, year around painter just to keep on top of the painting. There are many retired Nazarene pastors, and retired missionaries who live on the grounds in their private homes, but I don’t see community activities going on amongst them. That doesn’t mean that there isn’t, it just means I haven’t seen any sign of it.
We came into camp Tuesday evening (that leader thing!) and after our meeting with the camp director (who’s also named Fred) he mentioned that Thursday night they were hosting a dinner for 125 senior citizens; we offered to help with it, and that’s how we (Fred & Rose and Bob & I) ended up being waiters and waitresses for an evening, which
Sounds like an easy place to live!
Again, just going down the highway. Still in West Virginia, I believe. is a little longer than it took me to realize that is not something I want to do when I grow up! Although most of the people were pleasant to deal with, it’s extremely hard work. Our wait staff will get bigger tips from now on! But it was fun, and we were needed, so the whole thing was great.
Saturday a neighboring town had a city-wide garage sale event, which was a hoot! The town is maybe the size of Miles City, and they had over 300 garage sales, some serving food, some selling plants, some raising funds for Relay for Life, some selling things you wouldn’t touch, and some we spent quite a bit of time looking through, and visiting with the people. There were some barn sales where Bob got to dig through tools, and talk about what he’d buy if he had more room! Good thing we don’t have more room (my opinion, not necessarily the opinion of my owner/operator!) We had a map of the sales to start out with, but we soon gave up on that and just drove~~slowly, because there were people walking everywhere. They’ve done this about six consecutive years, so
Outdoor meeting...
Our introduction meeting (aka Popcorn Meeting) on the first Sunday. shoppers were coming from miles around for the bargains
Our team consists of Fred & Rosi and Henry & Annie from the last project, and Don & Gail, who are new friends to us. Fred & Rose are from about 40 miles north of here, Don & Gail have a son two hours from here (they’re from western PA) and Henry & Annie are from eastern PA, but Annie has a brother nearby. We are still very far from home, extremely homesick, and thankful that this is the last project before our summer break! The first Wednesday we were here, Bob and I went to a dinner at Fred & Rosi’s home church, and got to meet some of their family, which made us feel like part of their family.
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Hey there Vicki! Another great story for that book your going to write. I am just enjoying the heck out of these...keep them coming. I think I'm gonna do the blog thing too. They won't be as entertaining as yours, but i think i will try it anyhow. love, rosi o